What doesn't work
Each of these five sites has its own opt-out form. Other opt-out guides online will direct you to use the forms, but unfortunately, as of June 2026, these forms don't work:
They look pretty similar to each other, don't they? If you search for yourself on the five sites, you'll also find that they each have identical data about you. As far as we can tell, these sites are all operated by the same parent company using the same personal information databases. Despite sharing data, you'll need to submit your opt-out request to each website separately.
If you try to use the opt-out forms linked above, you'll find that it's impossible to complete the process. Even if the site has information about you, it won't be possible to find it using the suppression tool. As of June 2026, the process has been broken for at least 6 months. The companies have been made aware of the issue, but they haven't fixed it. We're also having trouble with removals for the time being, so signing up with us isn't an instant way to get your data removed like it would normally be.
Side note: These forms are suspiciously similar to those of the PeopleConnect suppression tool. We're not sure if the companies are connected or if CheckPeople and family are just copying PeopleConnect's form without actually making it functional.
How to actually remove your data
Since the online opt-out process is broken, you'll need to contact the sites' customer service. Here's their contact info. Emailing isn't reliable but it can work. Calling works pretty well, so it's what we recommend.
If they tell you to use the online opt-out process, just tell them it's broken. They might act like they're not aware of any issues with it, which may or may not be true. If you feel like calling the sites back to back, you might reach customer service agents with awfully similar voices. They'll deny being the same person you just spoke to and they'll deny any relationship between the five sites.
They might ask you for more information than they display about you. You don't need to share anything with them beyond what's necessary to identify your records on their site. So look yourself up first, and then just share their own records about you even if they're incomplete or partially incorrect. Check out our general guide to removals to learn how to avoid oversharing while searching for and removing yourself from the internet.
California residents: The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is dedicated to enforcing California's privacy regulations. If you run into trouble with these sites, feel free to submit a complaint. The agency wants to know about dark patterns and broken privacy request processes.
Please let us know if this guide ends up out of date or if you make a breakthrough with removals. We'd love to hear from you so we can get the process automated reliably again. We're working on automating the phone calls, but we don't have an ETA yet.
— Ben and Tyler
P.S. If you'd like our help with other sites where the opt-out processes are still working, EasyOptOuts is just $19.99/year (with a money-back guarantee). We cover 200+ sites and signing up takes a few minutes.